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John 5-6; Psalms 105
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Jesus Heals a Lame Man

5Afterward Jesus returned to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish holy days.G3326G5023G2258G1859G2453G2532G2424G305G1519G2414 2Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, was the pool of Bethesda, with five covered porches.G1161G2076G1722G2414G1909G4262G2861G3588G1951G1447G964G2192G4002G4745 3Crowds of sick people—blind, lame, or paralyzed—lay on the porches.G1722G5025G2621G4183G4128G770G5185G5560G3584G1551G2796G5204 4G1063G32G2597G2596G2540G1722G2861G2532G5015G5204G3767G4413G3326G5016G5204G1684G1096G5199G3739G1221G3553G2722 5One of the men lying there had been sick for thirty-eight years.G1161G5100G444G2258G1563G2192G1722G769G5144G3638G2094 6When Jesus saw him and knew he had been ill for a long time, he asked him, "Would you like to get well?"G2424G1492G5126G2621G2532G1097G3754G2192G2235G4183G5550G3004G846G2309G1096G5199 7"I can't, sir," the sick man said, "for I have no one to put me into the pool when the water bubbles up. Someone else always gets there ahead of me."G770G611G846G2962G2192G3756G444G3752G5204G5015G2443G906G3165G1519G2861G1161G1722G3739G1473G2064G243G2597G4253G1700 8Jesus told him, "Stand up, pick up your mat, and walk!"G2424G3004G846G1453G142G4675G2895G2532G4043 9Instantly, the man was healed! He rolled up his sleeping mat and began walking! But this miracle happened on the Sabbath,G2532G2112G444G1096G5199G2532G142G846G2895G2532G4043G1161G1722G1565G2250G2258G4521 10so the Jewish leaders objected. They said to the man who was cured, "You can't work on the Sabbath! The law doesn't allow you to carry that sleeping mat!"G2453G3767G3004G2323G2076G4521G1832G3756G1832G4671G142G2895 11But he replied, "The man who healed me told me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'"G611G846G4160G3165G5199G1565G2036G3427G142G4675G2895G2532G4043 12"Who said such a thing as that?" they demanded.G3767G2065G846G5101G444G2076G3588G2036G4671G142G4675G2895G2532G4043 13The man didn't know, for Jesus had disappeared into the crowd.G1161G2390G1492G3756G5101G2076G1063G2424G1593G3793G5607G1722G5117 14But afterward Jesus found him in the Temple and told him, "Now you are well; so stop sinning, or something even worse may happen to you."G3326G5023G2424G2147G846G1722G2411G2532G2036G846G2396G1096G5199G264G3371G3363G5501G5100G1096G4671 15Then the man went and told the Jewish leaders that it was Jesus who had healed him.G444G565G2532G312G2453G3754G2076G2424G3588G4160G846G5199

Jesus Claims to Be the Son of God

16So the Jewish leaders began harassing Jesus for breaking the Sabbath rules.G2532G1223G5124G1377G2453G1377G2424G2532G2212G615G846G3754G4160G5023G1722G4521 17But Jesus replied, "My Father is always working, and so am I."G1161G2424G611G846G3450G3962G2038G2193G737G2504G2038 18So the Jewish leaders tried all the harder to find a way to kill him. For he not only broke the Sabbath, he called God his Father, thereby making himself equal with God.G1223G5124G3767G2453G2212G3123G615G846G3754G3089G3756G3440G3089G4521G235G3004G2532G2316G2398G3962G4160G1438G2470G2316 19So Jesus explained, "I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.G3767G611G2424G2532G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G5207G1410G3756G4160G3762G575G1438G3362G5100G991G3962G4160G1063G3739G302G1565G4160G5023G2532G4160G5207G3668 20For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing. In fact, the Father will show him how to do even greater works than healing this man. Then you will truly be astonished.G1063G3962G5368G5207G2532G1166G846G3956G3739G846G4160G2532G1166G846G3187G2041G3187G5130G2443G5210G2296 21For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants.G1063G5618G3962G1453G3498G2532G2227G2532G3779G5207G2227G3739G2309 22In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge,G1063G3761G3962G2919G3762G235G1325G3956G2920G5207 23so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.G2443G3956G5091G5207G2531G5091G3962G5091G3361G5207G5091G3756G3962G3588G3992G846 24"I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G191G3450G3056G2532G4100G3992G3165G2192G166G2222G2532G2064G3756G2064G1519G2920G235G3327G1537G2288G1519G2222 25"And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it's here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.G281G281G3004G5213G3754G5610G2064G2532G3568G2076G3753G3498G191G5456G5207G2316G2532G191G2198 26The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.G1063G5618G3962G2192G2222G1722G1438G2532G3779G1325G5207G2192G2222G1722G1438 27And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.G2532G1325G846G1849G4160G2920G2532G3754G2076G5207G444 28Don't be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God's Son,G2296G3361G5124G3754G5610G2064G1722G3739G3956G1722G3419G191G846G5456 29and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.G2532G1607G4160G18G1519G386G2222G1161G4238G5337G1519G386G2920 30I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will.G1473G1410G575G1683G4160G3756G3762G2531G191G2919G2532G1699G2920G2076G1342G3754G2212G3756G1699G2307G235G2307G3962G3992G3165

Witnesses to Jesus

31"If I were to testify on my own behalf, my testimony would not be valid.G1437G1473G3140G4012G1683G3450G3141G2076G3756G227 32But someone else is also testifying about me, and I assure you that everything he says about me is true.G2076G243G3140G4012G1700G2532G1492G3754G3141G3739G3140G4012G1700G2076G227 33In fact, you sent investigators to listen to John the Baptist, and his testimony about me was true.G5210G649G4314G2491G2532G3140G225 34Of course, I have no need of human witnesses, but I say these things so you might be saved.G1161G1473G2983G3756G3141G3844G444G235G5023G3004G2443G5210G4982 35John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message.G1565G2258G2545G2532G5316G3088G1161G5210G2309G4314G5610G21G1722G846G5457 36But I have a greater witness than John—my teachings and my miracles. The Father gave me these works to accomplish, and they prove that he sent me.G1161G1473G2192G3187G3141G2491G1063G2041G3739G3962G1325G3427G2443G5048G846G846G2041G3739G1473G4160G3140G4012G1700G3754G3962G649G3165 37And the Father who sent me has testified about me himself. You have never heard his voice or seen him face to face,G2532G3962G846G3992G3165G3140G4012G1700G191G3777G191G846G5456G4455G3777G3708G846G1491 38and you do not have his message in your hearts, because you do not believe me—the one he sent to you.G2532G2192G3756G846G3056G3306G1722G5213G3754G3739G1565G649G5129G5210G4100G3756 39"You search the Scriptures because you think they give you eternal life. But the Scriptures point to me!G2045G1124G3754G1722G846G5210G1380G2192G166G2222G2532G1565G1526G3140G4012G1700 40Yet you refuse to come to me to receive this life.G2532G2309G3756G2064G4314G3165G2443G2192G2222 41"Your approval means nothing to me,G2983G3756G1391G3844G444 42because I know you don't have God's love within you.G235G1097G5209G3754G2192G3756G26G2316G1722G1438 43For I have come to you in my Father's name, and you have rejected me. Yet if others come in their own name, you gladly welcome them.G1473G2064G1722G3450G3962G3686G2532G2983G3165G3756G1437G243G2064G1722G2398G3686G1565G2983 44No wonder you can't believe! For you gladly honor each other, but you don't care about the honor that comes from the one who alone is God.G4459G1410G5210G4100G2983G1391G3844G240G2532G2212G3756G1391G3844G2316G3441 45"Yet it isn't I who will accuse you before the Father. Moses will accuse you! Yes, Moses, in whom you put your hopes.G1380G3361G1380G3754G1473G2723G5216G4314G3962G2076G2723G5216G3475G1519G3739G5210G1679 46If you really believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.G1063G1487G4100G3475G4100G302G1698G1063G1565G1125G4012G1700 47But since you don't believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?"G1161G1487G4100G3756G1565G1121G4459G4100G1699G4487

Jesus Feeds Five Thousand

6After this, Jesus crossed over to the far side of the Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias.G3326G5023G2424G565G4008G2281G1056G5085 2A huge crowd kept following him wherever he went, because they saw his miraculous signs as he healed the sick.G2532G4183G3793G190G846G3754G3708G846G4592G3739G4160G1909G770 3Then Jesus climbed a hill and sat down with his disciples around him.G1161G2424G424G1519G3735G2532G1563G2521G3326G846G3101 4(It was nearly time for the Jewish Passover celebration.)G1161G3957G1859G2453G2258G1451 5Jesus soon saw a huge crowd of people coming to look for him. Turning to Philip, he asked, "Where can we buy bread to feed all these people?"G2424G3767G1869G3788G2532G2300G3754G4183G3793G2064G4314G846G3004G4314G5376G4159G59G740G2443G3778G5315 6He was testing Philip, for he already knew what he was going to do.G1161G5124G3004G3985G846G1063G846G1492G5101G3195G4160 7Philip replied, "Even if we worked for months, we wouldn't have enough money to feed them!"G5376G611G846G1250G1220G740G714G3756G714G846G2443G1538G846G2983G5100G1024 8Then Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, spoke up.G1520G1537G846G3101G406G4613G4074G80G3004G846 9"There's a young boy here with five barley loaves and two fish. But what good is that with this huge crowd?"G2076G1520G3808G5602G3739G2192G4002G2916G740G2532G1417G3795G235G5101G2076G5023G1519G5118 10"Tell everyone to sit down," Jesus said. So they all sat down on the grassy slopes. G1161G2424G2036G4160G444G377G1161G2258G4183G5528G1722G5117G3767G435G377G706G5616G4000 11Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks to God, and distributed them to the people. Afterward he did the same with the fish. And they all ate as much as they wanted.G1161G2424G2983G740G2532G2168G1239G3101G1161G3101G345G2532G3668G1537G3795G3745G2309 12After everyone was full, Jesus told his disciples, "Now gather the leftovers, so that nothing is wasted."G1161G5613G1705G3004G846G3101G4863G2801G4052G3363G5100G622 13So they picked up the pieces and filled twelve baskets with scraps left by the people who had eaten from the five barley loaves.G3767G4863G2532G1072G1427G2894G2801G1537G4002G2916G740G3739G4052G977 14When the people saw him do this miraculous sign, they exclaimed, "Surely, he is the Prophet we have been expecting!"G3767G444G1492G4592G3739G2424G4160G3004G3754G3778G2076G230G4396G2064G1519G2889 15When Jesus saw that they were ready to force him to be their king, he slipped away into the hills by himself.G2424G3767G1097G3754G3195G2064G2532G726G846G726G2443G4160G846G935G402G3825G1519G3735G846G3441

Jesus Walks on Water

16That evening Jesus' disciples went down to the shore to wait for him.G1161G5613G3798G1096G846G3101G2597G1909G2281 17But as darkness fell and Jesus still hadn't come back, they got into the boat and headed across the lake toward Capernaum.G2532G1684G1519G4143G2064G4008G2281G1519G2584G2532G1096G2235G4653G2532G2424G2064G3756G2064G4314G846 18Soon a gale swept down upon them, and the sea grew very rough.G5037G2281G1326G3173G417G4154 19They had rowed three or four miles when suddenly they saw Jesus walking on the water toward the boat. They were terrified,G3767G1643G5613G4002G1501G2228G5144G4712G2334G2424G4043G1909G2281G2532G1096G1451G4143G2532G5399 20but he called out to them, "Don't be afraid. I am here!"G1161G3004G846G1510G1473G5399G3361G5399 21Then they were eager to let him in the boat, and immediately they arrived at their destination!G3767G2309G2983G846G1519G4143G2532G2112G4143G1096G1909G1093G1519G3739G5217

Jesus, the Bread of Life

22The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them.G1887G3793G3588G2476G4008G2281G1492G3754G2258G3756G243G4142G1563G1508G1565G1520G1519G3739G846G3101G1684G2532G3754G2424G4897G3756G4897G846G3101G1519G4142G235G846G3101G565G3441 23Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten.G235G1161G2064G243G4142G1537G5085G1451G5117G3699G5315G740G2962G2168 24So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and went across to Capernaum to look for him.G3753G3793G3767G1492G3754G2424G2076G3756G1563G3761G846G3101G846G2532G1684G1519G4143G2532G2064G1519G2584G2212G2424 25They found him on the other side of the lake and asked, "Rabbi, when did you get here?"G2532G2147G846G4008G2281G2036G846G4461G4219G1096G5602 26Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, you want to be with me because I fed you, not because you understood the miraculous signs.G2424G611G846G2532G2036G281G281G3004G5213G2212G3165G3756G3754G1492G4592G235G3754G5315G1537G740G2532G5526 27But don't be so concerned about perishable things like food. Spend your energy seeking the eternal life that the Son of Man can give you. For God the Father has given me the seal of his approval."G2038G3361G1035G3588G622G235G1035G3588G3306G1519G166G2222G3739G5207G444G1325G5213G1063G5126G4972G2316G3962G4972 28They replied, "We want to perform God's works, too. What should we do?"G3767G2036G4314G846G5101G4160G4160G2443G2038G2041G2316 29Jesus told them, "This is the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he has sent."G2424G611G2532G2036G846G5124G2076G2041G2316G2443G4100G1519G3739G1565G649 30They answered, "Show us a miraculous sign if you want us to believe in you. What can you do?G2036G3767G846G5101G4592G4160G4771G3767G2443G1492G2532G4100G4671G5101G2038 31After all, our ancestors ate manna while they journeyed through the wilderness! The Scriptures say, 'Moses gave them bread from heaven to eat.'"G2257G3962G5315G3131G1722G2048G2531G2076G1125G1325G846G740G1537G3772G5315 32Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, Moses didn't give you bread from heaven. My Father did. And now he offers you the true bread from heaven.G3767G2424G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G3475G1325G5213G3756G740G1537G3772G235G3450G3962G1325G5213G228G740G1537G3772 33The true bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world."G1063G740G2316G2076G3588G2597G1537G3772G2532G1325G2222G2889 34"Sir," they said, "give us that bread every day."G3767G2036G4314G846G2962G3842G1325G2254G5126G740 35Jesus replied, "I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry again. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.G1161G2424G2036G846G1473G1510G740G2222G2064G4314G3165G3364G3983G2532G4100G1519G1691G1372G3364G4455G1372 36But you haven't believed in me even though you have seen me.G235G2036G5213G3754G3708G2532G3708G3165G2532G4100G3756 37However, those the Father has given me will come to me, and I will never reject them.G3956G3739G3962G1325G3427G2240G4314G1691G2532G2064G4314G3165G1544G3364G1544G1854 38For I have come down from heaven to do the will of God who sent me, not to do my own will.G3754G2597G1537G3772G3756G2443G4160G1699G2307G235G2307G3992G3165 39And this is the will of God, that I should not lose even one of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them up at the last day.G1161G5124G2076G3962G2307G3588G3992G3165G2443G3956G3739G1325G3427G622G3361G1537G846G235G450G846G450G1722G2078G2250 40For it is my Father's will that all who see his Son and believe in him should have eternal life. I will raise them up at the last day."G1161G5124G2076G2307G3992G3165G2443G3956G3588G2334G5207G2532G4100G1519G846G2192G166G2222G2532G1473G450G846G450G2078G2250 41Then the people began to murmur in disagreement because he had said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven."G2453G3767G1111G4012G846G3754G2036G1473G1510G740G3588G2597G1537G3772 42They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph? We know his father and mother. How can he say, 'I came down from heaven'?"G2532G3004G2076G3756G3778G2424G5207G2501G3739G3962G2532G3384G2249G1492G4459G3767G3778G3004G3754G2597G1537G3772 43But Jesus replied, "Stop complaining about what I said.G2424G3767G611G2532G2036G846G1111G3361G3326G240 44For no one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws them to me, and at the last day I will raise them up.G3762G1410G2064G4314G3165G3362G3962G3588G3992G3165G1670G846G2532G1473G450G846G450G2078G2250 45As it is written in the Scriptures, 'They will all be taught by God.' Everyone who listens to the Father and learns from him comes to me.G2076G1125G1722G4396G2532G2071G3956G1318G2316G3956G3767G191G2532G3129G3844G3962G2064G4314G3165 46(Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only I, who was sent from God, have seen him.)G3756G3754G5100G3708G3962G1508G3588G3844G5607G2316G3778G3708G3962 47"I tell you the truth, anyone who believes has eternal life.G281G281G3004G5213G4100G1519G1691G2192G166G2222 48Yes, I am the bread of life!G1473G1510G740G2222 49Your ancestors ate manna in the wilderness, but they all died.G5216G3962G5315G3131G1722G2048G2532G599 50Anyone who eats the bread from heaven, however, will never die.G3778G2076G740G3588G2597G1537G3772G3363G5100G5315G1537G846G2532G3363G599 51I am the living bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will live forever; and this bread, which I will offer so the world may live, is my flesh."G1473G1510G2198G740G3588G2597G1537G3772G1437G5100G5315G1537G5127G740G2198G1519G165G1161G2532G740G3739G1473G1325G2076G3450G4561G3739G1473G1325G5228G2222G2889 52Then the people began arguing with each other about what he meant. "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" they asked.G2453G3767G3164G4314G240G3004G4459G1410G3778G1325G2254G4561G5315 53So Jesus said again, "I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you.G3767G2424G2036G846G281G281G3004G5213G3362G5315G4561G5207G444G2532G4095G846G129G2192G3756G2222G1722G1438 54But anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise that person at the last day.G5176G3450G4561G2532G4095G3450G129G2192G166G2222G2532G1473G450G846G450G2078G2250 55For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.G1063G3450G4561G2076G1035G230G2532G3450G129G2076G4213G230 56Anyone who eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me, and I in him.G5176G3450G4561G2532G4095G3450G129G3306G1722G1698G2504G1722G846 57I live because of the living Father who sent me; in the same way, anyone who feeds on me will live because of me.G2531G2198G3962G649G3165G2504G2198G1223G3962G2532G5176G3165G2548G2198G1223G1691 58I am the true bread that came down from heaven. Anyone who eats this bread will not die as your ancestors did (even though they ate the manna) but will live forever."G3778G2076G740G3588G2597G1537G3772G3756G2531G5216G3962G5315G3131G2532G599G5176G5126G740G2198G1519G165 59He said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.G5023G2036G1722G4864G1321G1722G2584

Many Disciples Desert Jesus

60Many of his disciples said, "This is very hard to understand. How can anyone accept it?"G4183G3767G1537G846G3101G191G2036G3778G2076G4642G3056G5101G1410G191G846 61Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining, so he said to them, "Does this offend you?G1161G2424G1492G1722G1438G3754G846G3101G1111G4012G5127G2036G846G5124G4624G5209 62Then what will you think if you see the Son of Man ascend to heaven again?G3767G1437G2334G5207G444G305G3699G2258G4386 63The Spirit alone gives eternal life. Human effort accomplishes nothing. And the very words I have spoken to you are spirit and life.G2076G4151G2227G4561G3756G5623G3762G4487G3739G1473G2980G5213G2076G4151G2532G2076G2222 64But some of you do not believe me." (For Jesus knew from the beginning which ones didn't believe, and he knew who would betray him.)G235G1526G5100G1537G5216G3739G4100G3756G1063G2424G1492G1537G746G5101G1526G4100G3361G2532G5101G2076G3860G846 65Then he said, "That is why I said that people can't come to me unless the Father gives them to me."G2532G3004G1223G5124G2046G5213G3754G3762G1410G2064G4314G3165G3362G5600G1325G846G1537G3450G3962 66At this point many of his disciples turned away and deserted him.G1537G5127G4183G846G3101G565G1519G3694G2532G4043G3765G3326G846 67Then Jesus turned to the Twelve and asked, "Are you also going to leave?"G3767G2036G2424G1427G3361G2309G5210G2532G5217 68Simon Peter replied, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.G3767G4613G4074G611G846G2962G4314G5101G565G2192G4487G166G2222 69We believe, and we know you are the Holy One of God."G2532G2249G4100G2532G1097G3754G4771G1488G5547G5207G2198G2316 70Then Jesus said, "I chose the twelve of you, but one is a devil."G2424G611G846G1586G3756G1473G1586G5209G1427G2532G1520G1537G5216G2076G1228 71He was speaking of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, one of the Twelve, who would later betray him.G1161G3004G2455G2469G4613G1063G3778G3195G3860G846G5607G1520G1537G1427

105Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.H3034H3068H7121H8034H3045H5949H5971 2Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his wonderful deeds.H7891H2167H7878H6381 3Exult in his holy name; rejoice, you who worship the Lord.H1984H6944H8034H3820H8055H1245H3068 4Search for the Lord and for his strength; continually seek him.H1875H3068H5797H1245H6440H8548 5Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given,H2142H6381H6213H4159H4941H6310 6you children of his servant Abraham, you descendants of Jacob, his chosen ones.H2233H85H5650H1121H3290H972 7He is the Lord our God. His justice is seen throughout the land.H3068H430H4941H776 8He always stands by his covenant—the commitment he made to a thousand generations.H2142H1285H5769H1697H6680H505H1755 9This is the covenant he made with Abraham and the oath he swore to Isaac.H3772H85H7621H3446 10He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, and to the people of Israel as a never-ending covenant.H5975H3290H2706H3478H5769H1285 11“I will give you the land of Canaan as your special possession.”H559H5414H776H3667H2256H5159 12He said this when they were few in number, a tiny group of strangers in Canaan.H4962H4557H4592H1481 13They wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.H1980H1471H4467H312H5971 14Yet he did not let anyone oppress them. He warned kings on their behalf.H3240H120H6231H3198H4428 15“Do not touch my chosen people, and do not hurt my prophets.”H5060H4899H5030H7489 16He called for a famine on the land of Canaan, cutting off its food supply.H7121H7458H776H7665H4294H3899 17Then he sent someone to Egypt ahead of them—Joseph, who was sold as a slave.H7971H376H6440H3130H4376H5650 18They bruised his feet with fetters and placed his neck in an iron collar.H7272H6031H3525H5315H935H1270 19Until the time came to fulfill his dreams, the Lord tested Joseph’s character.H6256H1697H935H565H3068H6884 20Then Pharaoh sent for him and set him free; the ruler of the nation opened his prison door.H4428H7971H5425H4910H5971H6605 21Joseph was put in charge of all the king’s household; he became ruler over all the king’s possessions.H7760H113H1004H4910H7075 22He could instruct the king’s aides as he pleased and teach the king’s advisers.H631H8269H5315H2205H2449 23Then Israel arrived in Egypt; Jacob lived as a foreigner in the land of Ham.H3478H935H4714H3290H1481H776H2526 24And the Lord multiplied the people of Israel until they became too mighty for their enemies.H6509H5971H3966H6105H6862 25Then he turned the Egyptians against the Israelites, and they plotted against the Lord’s servants.H2015H3820H8130H5971H5230H5650 26But the Lord sent his servant Moses, along with Aaron, whom he had chosen.H7971H4872H5650H175H977 27They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and wonders in the land of Ham.H7760H226H1697H4159H776H2526 28The Lord blanketed Egypt in darkness, for they had defied his commands to let his people go.H7971H2822H2821H4784H1697 29He turned their water into blood, poisoning all the fish.H2015H4325H1818H4191H1710 30Then frogs overran the land and even invaded the king’s bedrooms.H776H8317H6854H8317H2315H4428 31When the Lord spoke, flies descended on the Egyptians, and gnats swarmed across Egypt.H559H935H6157H3654H1366 32He sent them hail instead of rain, and lightning flashed over the land.H5414H1259H1653H3852H784H776 33He ruined their grapevines and fig trees and shattered all the trees.H5221H1612H8384H7665H6086H1366 34He spoke, and hordes of locusts came—young locusts beyond number.H559H697H935H3218H4557 35They ate up everything green in the land, destroying all the crops in their fields.H398H6212H776H398H6529H127 36Then he killed the oldest son in each Egyptian home, the pride and joy of each family.H5221H1060H776H7225H202 37The Lord brought his people out of Egypt, loaded with silver and gold; and not one among the tribes of Israel even stumbled.H3318H3701H2091H3782H7626 38Egypt was glad when they were gone, for they feared them greatly.H4714H8055H3318H6343H5307 39The Lord spread a cloud above them as a covering and gave them a great fire to light the darkness.H6566H6051H4539H784H215H3915 40They asked for meat, and he sent them quail; he satisfied their hunger with manna—bread from heaven.H7592H935H7958H7646H3899H8064 41He split open a rock, and water gushed out to form a river through the dry wasteland.H6605H6697H4325H2100H1980H6723H5104 42For he remembered his sacred promise to his servant Abraham.H2142H6944H1697H85H5650 43So he brought his people out of Egypt with joy, his chosen ones with rejoicing.H3318H5971H8342H972H7440 44He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted.H5414H776H1471H3423H5999H3816 45All this happened so they would follow his decrees and obey his instructions. Praise the Lord!H8104H2706H5341H8451H1984H3050


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